Alize Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty comin’ at ya live and local. Let’s cut right to it.

We’re lookin’ at a real tough stretch for surf at Alize over the next two and a half weeks. The honest truth? There isn’t a single day in this 16-day window where I’d get excited enough to paddle out. Conditions are just off from the get-go.

The forecast kicks off on Thursday, September 10, with a 6ft easterly swell, but it’s gettin’ hammered by a moderate cross-shore breeze, makin’ the surface lumpy and messy. That pattern sticks around for a long stretch. Every day from September 10 right through to the morning of September 25 is flagged as poor surf. That’s a solid 15-day gap with no real recommendations.

You’ll see the swell size bobbin’ between 2ft and 6ft, mostly from the east or east-southeast, with combined swell energy mostly in the moderate range (between 112 and 424), so there’s some push in the water, but the wind is the killer. Almost every session is either cross-shore or cross-onshore, and often a fresh breeze at 15 to 19 mph, leaving a chop on the surface that no surfer wants.

Water temp is sittin’ at 85°F with a 1°F anomaly, so it’s about average for the season — warm, but that’s small comfort when the waves are junk.

The one faint glimmer is on the morning of Sunday, September 20. The wind swings to a light cross-offshore from the southeast at 16 mph, and the surf report says “clean” for the first time. The swell is still pretty small at 3ft from the east-southeast with a period of 8 seconds, and the combined energy is only at 144, so it’s weak. But it’s the only window in the whole run where the ocean looks half-decent. That Sunday morning is your best bet, but honestly, it’s still more of a longboard cruise than a proper session.

Stick with it — forecasts can change — but for now, I’d keep the board in the car and wait for a better window. We’ll get one eventually.

Rusty.

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